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Udhaya is an Indian actor who has acted in Tamil language films. He is the son of noted producer A. L. Azhagappan and the brother of director A. L. Vijay.[1]

Udhaya
Born	Senthil Kumar
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998 - Present
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Parent	A. L. Azhagappan (Father)
Relatives	A. L. Vijay (Brother)

Personal life

Udhaya got married in August 2007 to Keerthika.[2]

Career

Udhaya began his acting career in 1998 under his original name of Senthilkumar, by appearing in Ini Ellam Sugame (1998) produced by his father.[3] Udhaya then starred in Bharathi Kannan's Thirunelveli playing a lead role alongside Prabhu and Karan and being paired opposite Vindhya. The film won poor reviews, with Udhaya's performance being described as "average".[4] He was next seen opposite Vijayalakshmi in Kalakalappu, which also featured Napoleon and Jaya Seal, with a critic noting that "he plays his role well, but has to improve his voice modulation."[5] He also thereafter appeared in Shakkalaka Baby, while another film titled Poonguyile, featuring him alongside Vindhya and Livingston, was shelved after several schedules.[6][7][8]

In 2001, his father A. L. Azhagappan attempted to launch Udhaya as the main lead in a film titled Ennil Kalanthavalae, but the project did not develop.[9] In 2004, the actor announced a project titled Asamy, and held a grand launch event, but the film failed to progress.[10] During this period, he was also working on two projects which remain unreleased - the Prakash Raj-starrer Kaadhal Jaathi and Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, with the latter being used as the title for an unrelated project in 2010 by Gautham Vasudev Menon.[11] Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa was later released as Unnai Kann Theduthe in 2009, while in 2011, the actor hit out at Kaadhal Jaathi's director Kasthuri Raja, claiming that the director himself was blocking the release of the film.[12][13]

Udhaya's 2011 venture Raa Raa won positive reviews, but went unnoticed at the box office, while his other release Poova Thalaiya, alongside Sherin also met with an average response. He later played a supporting role in his brother's Thalaivaa (2013), before working on the low-budget horror film Aavi Kumar.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Ini Ellam Sugame		Uncredited role
2000	Thirunelveli	Satha
2001	Kalakalappu	Karna
2002	Shakalaka Baby	Udhay	Guest appearance
2009	Unnai Kann Theduthe	Rudhra
2011	Poova Thalaiya	Koduva
	Raa Raa	Bharathi
2013	Thalaivaa	Video Kumar
2015	Aavi Kumar	Kumar
2018	Utharavu Maharaja	Ravi	Also producer
2021	Maanaadu	Mansoor

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Platform	Notes
2020	Singa Penne	Rayappa	ZEE5	[14]

References

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